Hi there!Today I have a couple of cards for a couple of challenges! It was World Cardmaking Day yesterday, and Gina K at StampTV has four challenges going on. First up is to make a card utilizing the "Carved Wood Technique" - a technique Gina kind of stumbled onto! I am also entering this card in Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

Stamps are from Gina K Designs. Flower is from "Spring Mix" and sentiment is from "Lots of Lines". Be right back with my second card.Betty

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Hi there!I have a card for three challenges today! Cat at Gina K Designs challenged us to use snow on a card. You can check it out here. I am also entering this in Simon Says Monday challenge and their Wednesday challenge - to use a stamp.

Stamps are from Gina K Designs "Wishing You Joy".Thanks for having a peek. Have a great week!Betty

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Stamps are from Gina K Designs. Snowflakes are from "Holiday Cheer", and sentiment is from "Wishing You Joy"- I used glittered embossing powder on both. So happy it is a long weekend - I still have tomorrow off! Maybe I will be back with another card. : )Betty

Monday, July 25, 2016

Hi!Well, I managed one card for PTI's Stamp-A-Faire 2016. I had to work all weekend so missed most of the fun. I decided to go with the "Masterpiece Inspiration" challenge. Each member of the design team had to choose an artist and use them as inspiration for their own project. I was inspired by Amy Sheffer's beautiful card and decided to recreate it:

I used the leafy die from the "Songbirds" die set. The "hello" is from the 'Wet Paint Cuts Die Collection'.That's it for me tonight. Have a great week!Betty

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Hi!It's Stamp-A-Faire at Papertrey Ink! As part of the Friday Night Gallery Reception, Nichole challenged us to go through our previous creations and find the project that we are most proud of. I chose the following card:

I had recently purchased the "Quilted: Summer" set, and wanted to start on my Christmas cards; so I combined it with "PomPom Pals". Thanks for stopping by, and have a super week!Betty

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Hi there!I am playing along with two challenges today! Cat from Gina K Designs challenged us to use just one flower on a project - STV16MON28. And Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge "Flora and Fauna" where we could use flora, fauna, or both!

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Stamps are from Gina K Designs. Seahorse and bubbles are from "Eclectic Summer", and sea weed and fish are from "Under the Sea". I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's post here. I didn't quite have the proper tools to do her technique, so I improvised. Thanks for having a peek. Enjoy your week!Betty

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Stamps are from Gina K Designs. Large fish is from "Eclectic Summer", small shadow fish is from "Under the Sea", and sentiment is from "Inside and Out". I used the polished stone technique to create the background, and stamped and heat embossed the larger fish so that I could bleach them. Thanks for stopping by!Betty

I made a stencil using PTI's "Mighty Bloom" cover plate. I used embossing paste and coloured it using a red re-inker and an Adirondack Alcohol Ink "Wild Plum". Sentiment is PTI's "Keep It Simple: Birthday". I ended up using too much water when I decided to lighten the color, and the ink bled a bit on a few of the petals : ( Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!Betty

Saturday, June 25, 2016

I used PTI's "Harvest Berries" and "Thank You" die. Images were stamped in Versamark ink on watercolour paper, and heat embossed using white embossing powder. I sponged over all with teal and pink inks, and then sprayed with "Purple Pansy Glimmer Mist".Thanks for stopping by!Betty

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The sheep and little bird are Elzybel's stamps. The company has closed down, but I think the owner is designing for Penny Black. Sentiment is from Gina K Designs "Spring Mix".I masked the sheep and stamped the bird on top; then I masked them both and sponged in some sky and grass.Have a great day!Betty

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Dragonflies are from Gina K Design's "Dreams Take Flight", sentiment is from Clearly Besotted "Hoppy Birthday". I used My Favourite Things "Wonky Stitched Rectangles" for the stitched border, and a Darice embossing folder for the clouds on the background panel. Have a great week!Betty

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Hi there!I made a card for the Simon Says Stamp Monday and Wednesday challenges - to use felt on a card or project!

No stamping on this card! Flowers and sentiment were cut using dies from Papertrey Ink. Outer frame was cut using a Blueprint die from My Favourite Things (FYI - Simon Says Stamp shop had it in stock last time I checked!). Enjoy the rest of the long weekend!Betty

Hi!I had time to make a card for Papertrey's MIM #243. Danielle shows us ink blending over heat embossing! I used a number of sets for my card. Flowers are from 'Beautiful Blooms II', centers of the two middle flowers are cut using 'Bitty Button Stacks Die II', sentiment is from 'Stylish Sentiments: Birthday' and 'Keep it Simple: Birthday'. Background text from 'Background Basics: Newsprint' is embossed using white embossing powder and sponged over with 'Hawaiian Shores' ink.

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Hi!I'm back with a card for Papertrey Ink's Day 3 challenge - Grab and Craft. We were to create a card with supplies we grabbed in 5 minutes. I grabbed the "Garden Gild" set, some matching paper and card stock, white embossing powder, Versamark Ink, and some rhinestones.

Hi!I'm back with my entry for Papertrey's Day 9 challenge - to create a thank you card for their warehouse staff - they really do a great job!Since I had the "Natural Beauties" set out, I thought I would use it again for this card.

Hi!It's Papertrey Ink's 9th Anniversary, and there are lots of challenges and prizes up for grabs! I didn't have much time the last ten days and only had time to make a few cards. Day 1's challenge was to choose one of several color recipe cards, and make a project using those colors. I chose Kay Miller's color recipe.

I came up with this:

Images are from the "Natural Beauties" set - it was the free set from Stamp-a-faire a few years ago. Sentiment is from "Songbirds".Be right back with another card.Betty

I used PTI's "Hexagon Cover Plate" for my background. Flower was created using the "Notched Flowers Die Collection" and a die from the "Bitty Button Stacks Die" for the center flower. Leafy sprig is from the "Song Birds" die collection, and sentiment is from "Butterfly Dreams". Thanks for having a look! Betty

I used PTI's "Pure Poppy" felt. Flower stamp is from PTI's "Beautiful Blooms II", and base of flower is cut using "Beautiful Blooms II #1 Die Collection". Other parts of the flower are cut using PTI's "Bitty Buttons Stacks Die" - sets 1 and 2. Sentiment is from "Petite Pots".Thanks for looking! Have a great week!Betty

I am using a new stamp set, "Pocket Watches", as well as a new sentiment die. Both were gifts from my friend, Alvina! Thanks Alvina!! I sponged the image with Tim Holtz's distress ink "Antique Linen". Thanks for having a look!Betty